Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-19
DAILY HERALD.
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ED1roR HxRALD-Somebody has said
thst politensss consists in the little
amenities Of life-a spoutaniety orebul.
lition, il you will. of the nobler senti-
meats springing into action upon the
spur Of the moment as the requirements
of the occasion demand; As if q lady in
stepping from her carriage should slip
the gentleman nearest her at the mo-
ment would spriug to her aid, save her
from fall and safely deposit her on the
pavement, bowling. flushed by tho gra-
cious acknowledgment of only glance
Il may be, from the lady's eye, and
passes ON, forget ing the incident In a
moment. Now. the fall might have been
: very grave affair only for the trihing
Aid rendered at the right moment.
II the man nearest the lady at that
moment had been q thoughtless clown
or dull-eyed BOBBY, the little amenity
that We call politeness would not have
been offered, and disaster might have
crowned the woman's fall. The clown
and the BOBBY alike would have passed
on all unconscious of what happened to
the lady.
An, well! 1t is our common politeness
maQnified sfter all that makes our states
men. Afar-sighted statesman is quick to
sse what is happening what will happen
TO the people; quick to spring into great
national breach; avert a calamity that
might involve town, city. state, nation! {!
This kind of politsness is very pleas
art in everyday life, and ought 10 be en-
couraqed for this reason. We are Just
now undergoing smallpox fright, and
the lack of this little amenity has been
somewhat rudeiy shown by the visiting
statesmen from neighborlng ciiies, a.
the sccount Of DIR. Simpsons, published
in this mornings HERALD, will fully at
test. If the doctors towering intellect,
shrouded by auburn locks and fringed
with ambrosial beard, had specific fol
our malady, he was o little slower ir
developing his idea of sending relief te
this city of suffering angels chan thu
smallpox itself, according to his state
ment of this morning. DR.. Simpson
says that each quarantined house offer
center for the spread of the disease II
this city. His statement in the SaI
Francisco paper looks as if it were TO
the purpose Of calling the attention o
the people to himself, and not for tn,
purpose of stamping out" "the dreat
disease" Why DIDN'T somebody sa!
''washing out" the dread disease" d.
says that if great care is not taken, eaci
auarantined house would become nu-
cleus for the spread of the disease. Bah
a. though every precaution were no
being taken. Why did not this over
towering authority distinguish himsel
by saying something while here! H
could have told the people to dilute thu
virus Of each case by affair owe
the we'll protected patient making hi
chances ten to one for recovery, and I
sure specific against incubation by tn
nurses and neighbors? Why did not h
say, if he knew it himself. that ski
disease must be comtated with cleanli
ness, and that all attendants should tax
the precantion to bathe in olive oil t.
prevent contagion? It is said of th
doctor that, in his early practice, h
made graveyard of one of our mos
prosperous northern counties; and, TO
our part. we are glad the people of thi
fair cline would none of him, since
they had warmed the M. D. with hi
ambrosial beard ia their besoms the
would have soon come to the realizatio
of the bitter truth that smallpox was
mild visitation when compared with hi
Now, who is naughty enough to dout
that the medico with the auburn locl
weaves wondrous web Of romance int
his efforts to stamp out the drea
.disease!" A HERALD READER.
Los Angeles, March II, 1887.